A review by bookcaseandcoffee
Doctor Heartbreaker by Kathryn M. Hearst

4.0

Rhett is the cardiologist with a broken heart and wounded soul. Emily is the girl next door and all of Rhett’s first including his first heart break.

This book was incredibly sweet. I loved the interactions between Emily and Rhett. Their reconnect scene at the beginning of the book is every blind date/set up gone bad. Rhett doesn’t recognize Emily and instead mistakes her as the waitress! He is stepping in it left and right with her. Rhett tries to make up ground and reconnect with Emily but before he even has his chance, his crazy ex wife makes an appearance. She is the whole reason Rhett broke her heart a decade ago.
I don’t always love second chance romances but this one was well done. Youth and bad decisions can only allow for so much leniency and forgiveness, but I don’t think Emily and Rhett are completely to blame for how things ended the first time. I love the addition of their mothers and Emily’s daughter Zoe and their patient Paola.
I really enjoyed the story immensely. It was nice to revisit Simon and Bridget from the British Bedmate. I have loved these worlds and characters that Vi Keeland and Penelope Ward have inspired. This was a 4/5 read for me.